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A colleague was urging another colleague to give up pork by claiming that pigs eat everything and anything, including their own faeces. I told her that’s probably the case for many animals, as their living conditions before slaughter are horrifying – cramped up with little space to...

If there is an almighty perfect creator, the universe would be a perfect work of art. If the universe is not a perfect work of art,  there is no almighty perfect creator. – Stonepeace Some see the universe as a completely perfect work of art, but they are only looking at the goodness...

Guanyin to Me My Mother is Guanyin to me because she prays to Guanyin for me. She isn’t really aspiring to embody her virtues.  She isn’t really chanting or meditating. She just runs through a wishlist of wanting our family to be well and happy. She still is Guanyin-ish to...

During a Dharma discussion at Awareness Place (after screening of ‘The Woodsman’), a participant remarked about how difficult is was for her to express the same compassion for those she comes across in a class. She was struggling to practise equanimity for all. I answered that...

In ‘Cairo’ by G. Willow Wilson & M.K. Perker: Asaad: How much is too much to sacrifice? For someone you love?… Yanni: I think there aren’t any sacrifices. There are only choices. I think if you give something up for someone, it won’t feel like a sacrifice....

If taking a leak, to purge our physical wastes is so much a relief… What a greater relief it would be to purge our mental wastes! Related Article: What a...

Batman, as a comic book character, was created in 1939. That makes 2009 the 70th anniversary of his creation! It’s amazing that thousands of tales have been based upon Batman, with countless revisitations to his past, uncovering previously unmentioned fragments of his otherwise...

Something written for an interreligious publication… A Buddhist charity was giving out aids to the needy in terms of cash and kind for disaster relief. What was surprising to reporters was that various individuals from all walks of life were helped despite differences in race or...

I helped to move a huge framed Buddha picture by a friend’s van. While placing it in the back of the van, I laid it face down. My friend remarked that it might be disrespectful – as the downward direction denotes lowliness. I replied that I placed it that way to protect the...

Walter, an ex-convict charged for pedophilia, experiences apprehensive uncertainty as he re-enters the society 12 years later. He is seemingly reborn, but with repercussions of his past, with his personal hell carried over by unresolved karma. Even if he gives himself a second chance, will...

If you never know what is enough, you will never have enough. - Stonepeace  Look out for Stonepeace quotes on Twitter...

What a relief… that there is… no ‘one’ to be relieved.

Naked we come Naked we are Naked we go We come empty of possessions. Stripped even of ‘self’. Even our past karma is empty of fixed nature. We live empty of possessions. Stripped even of ‘self’. Even our present karma is empty of fixed nature. We die empty of...

Here is an analysis of the poll question ‘Should Rats that Wreck Havoc in a Marketplace be Culled?’ As of today, the results are: 35% : Hmmm, I dunno 33% : No way! 32% : Yes, definitely! This poll question refers to the recent case of a local (Singaporean) open wet market that was...

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In ‘Timbuktu’ by Paul Auster (illustrated by Julia Goschke for an abridged graphic novel), the author explores human homelessness via the vision of a vagrant dog. Ostracised by society, as Mr. Bones the dog put it, ’He would have to keep on moving, even if he had nowhere to go.’...

Friend: I read your recent article about ’small & big cars’ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thedailyenlightenment-realisation/message/358). Sometimes its ‘difficult’ to practise the Dharma. For example, I know I am able to afford branded cars but choose not to do so, because of...

The yellow posters can be seen at www.moonpointer.com/vege The ‘comic strip’ below can be seen at http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/05/a-magical-story-about-caring-for-the-earth  Related Articles: Gratitude to Earth & Earthlings (2) Gratitude to Earth &...

Snail-mailed slightly more than 100 copies of ‘The Daily Enlightenment 3: Reflections for Practising Buddhists’ so far – to generous contributors. The production cost is about 70% covered so far (though there are many efforts involved not quantifiable by money). But we...